PT · 2017 · tps00134
Death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex
Portugal, 2017
In 2017, Portugal's death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex decreased by 2.6% compared to 2016, reaching 66.9%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 83.5%.
Portugal ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.6% (from 65.2% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00134, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.